Centrifugal (neurology)

Centrifugal (derived from ancient Greek τὸ κέντρον [to kentron] = sting, then spiked stick or the point at which the circle is set [= "circle center"] and Latin fugere = flee) describes the course of an excitation in neurology and neurophysiology or the growth of nerve fibers leading away from the central nervous system (CNS) towards the periphery. Centrifugal nerve tracts also connect higher centers with lower ones within the CNS ( hierarchical structure of the CNS ). The term efference is synonymous with centrifugal nerve tracts . Such an efference is, for example, the pyramidal tract (corticospinal tract). Centrifugal nerves perform motor and secretory tasks. The centrifugal direction of excitation processes is in contrast to their centripetal or afferent process. In biology , the course of excitation in not yet centralized forms of the nervous system relates to the relationship to specific ganglia .

Individual evidence

↑ centrifugal . In: Norbert Boss (Ed.): Roche Lexicon Medicine . 2nd Edition. Hoffmann-La Roche AG and Urban & Schwarzenberg, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-541-13191-8 , p. 1851, Gesundheit.de/roche
↑ center . In: Hermann Triepel : The anatomical names. Your derivation and pronunciation . 26th edition. Verlag von JF Bergmann, Munich 1962, edited by Robert Herrlinger , p. 21
↑ Central nervous system . In: Wilhelm Karl Arnold et al. (Ed.): Lexicon of Psychology . Bechtermünz, Augsburg 1996, ISBN 3-86047-508-8 , Col. 2686 f.

[1] centrifugal . In: Norbert Boss (Ed.): Roche Lexicon Medicine . 2nd Edition. Hoffmann-La Roche AG and Urban & Schwarzenberg, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-541-13191-8 , p. 1851, Gesundheit.de/roche

[2] center . In: Hermann Triepel : The anatomical names. Your derivation and pronunciation . 26th edition. Verlag von JF Bergmann, Munich 1962, edited by Robert Herrlinger , p. 21

[LDP-3] Central nervous system . In: Wilhelm Karl Arnold et al. (Ed.): Lexicon of Psychology . Bechtermünz, Augsburg 1996, ISBN 3-86047-508-8 , Col. 2686 f.